New Ulm weekly review., 1887-09-21
says IN substance, quoting much Of the testl.

describing the different kinds of that destruc-
ali sworkingmen, especially as to the eight
hour movements. In the midst OF
this + 1ooe excitement cI e, meeting was held May
by the defendants. Spies, Parsons and FleIden.
and while the latter was making his closing
speech, at some time between 10 and II o'clock
IN the evening. several ompanies of policemen,
numbering 18O, marched into the crowd f-om
their station on Desplaines street and ordered
tne meeting stopped. AS soon as the order was
given some one threw bomb 1t is conceded
tnat none OF the convicted threw the bomb The
plalntlfs IN error are CHARGED with being access
sorles before the fact There are sixty eight
counts in the indictment, and these charge Che
eight defendants with being present and abet-
ting to. and some OF them say that they
ADVISED &C Wis. and encouraged these lawless acts
II the defendants advised and encouraged aided
or abetted in the killing Of the policemen there
tore they are as guilty if they had taken these
tnem IN stood by and saw or aided in the throwing
or the fatal bomb each of the aiders and abettors
are ar as guilty as him who did the fatal deed If
concerted action the ordinary law of conspiracy
is applicable. and the acts and declarations of
one one OF them. done in furtherance Of the common
and declarations of all. This brosecution how
ever, is not for conspiracy as substantive
crime: 1t IS charged that the defendants were
united and had conspired to do this awful work
and that their common design was fulfilled in
their terrible plot, and the opinion shows that
l1; while not perhaps combination Of the same
r,
poses TO accomplish the same ends. =
TIE QUESTIONS PRESENTED
are: Did the defendants have common pnr-
pose or design to murder these police? Did they
combine for that purpose, and was the result OF
such combiE alton death to men who were the
guardlans OF the law? Who made tho bomb
that killed Degen? The bomb was round and
was as big as a base ball, says competent wit
the 1n na and
In the description of the various bombs in use
or known, TO anarchists and scientists,
mentioning four different varieties Of these
destructive compounds, and concluding that
these, or the most deadly of them We're made
py Louis Lingg, judging from what had been
1ound IN MS possession and his acquaintance
penter and made his appearance in Chicago in
1889: and who seemed to be an expert in bomb
making maxi "a and in March. 1886. brought dynamite
IneIe. line court quote some experiments made
pv these gentlemen in their peculiar trade all
OF which go to show that these two gentlemen
were experts in their business. The evidence
shows sl that these two men, April 80, 1886, the
frloay before the haymarKet meeting. met, and
Llngg brought to Seliger's house a large wooden
Dox three feet long and from sixteen to eighteen
lnchts high, and that it contained dynamite
ana that he (Lingg) spent that evening in filing
aynsmlte into gas pipe and globular shells,
using US nat piece OF wood. which he had made
Tor That purpose and he was also assisted bv
a number of persons, and Seiiger among
them them Upwards of fifty bombs We're
hnlshea haa that afternoon and it appears to have
daymarket meeting. The record goes son i'm
pl1catlng others, especially one Heebner who
va @as seen working at some coil fuse, and Lingg
oellger, Ihalen and Herman were frequently
engaged IN casting and melting in Seliger's
Kitchen. Pieces of shells made by Lingg were
subjected to chemical analysis, and were found
TO oe composed OF certain percentage of tin
and the remainder of lead and antimony iron
and zinc, and out of the four bombs examined
me percentage varied but little, and the pieces
taken from Degen's body and those found at
Llngg's after his arrest were of the same COM
position The evidence goes on to further com
plicate Lingg's connection with this terrible
affair so closely that escape for him would be
impossible. After fastening The evidence upon
hlnggs guilt the court asks the question::
WHY DID LINGG MAKE THE BOMB
which killed Degan? To answer this it be-
comes necessary to examine the character of the
association with which these defendants were
connected, and its aims There was no question
ABOUT this organization, nor little about it's OBJ
Jects. Its platform was published by the Alarm
and the Arbeiter Zeitung. Tho court quoted
many familiar extracts from that Sheet Among
them are the peculiar ideas of the communists
the abolshment of titles to lands and sort of
freedom which is far beyond or ages in the rear
OF modern civilization and in of these arti-
cies the charge Is made that the state the
churches, the schools and the press are
capitalist and that the iaborers must oyerthrow @
these powers by physical strength. 1t is ad-
mitted; and. even positively asserted, that such
thing as right Of property is not only myth,
but great wrong to those who by lazness and
other faults have never earned property, or by
their want of Thrift cannot keep such as they
law. These men should read our constitution
aud laws. and then they will find that they are
hemmed with law, but vet the yoke is so light
eaed hs IT, arm sna apo5
saS S~aso unssF sS%' t sSo's sanaeensns 1T
court proceeded to connect the other feionies in
the case. for instance, that these movens were
the chief movers. and the center of any and all
communistic meetings in Chicago, and that they
were in person and were always pronounced
followers of the red flag. Evidence was given
that IT. there err @ were twenty y-tive to thirty labor
mem m bership Of from fifteen thousand to sixteen
thousand. large majority Of these men were
honest, industrious men, working daily
men and had no thought Of anarchy
or any OF lts hateful doctrines. The assemblage
tor 10, any ordinary purpose would have been law
bage, even prior to the arrning and drilling Of
the group and was violation of the military
laws OF Illinois. Each Of these defendants will
fully and lnaliciously violated the laws of the
State, of Illinois and they shall suffer tie ex-
treme penalty fixed by the court OF Cook county
on the day previously stated. As specimens Of
no heart could use against their fellow creatures
nothing in modern times can approach the ex-
quisite means devised by these anarchists, and
they seemed to have made study of that awful
purpose. The court very carefully explains the
law as TO conspiracy in all it's phases, and quotes
extensively from eminent authorities. We think
that the course pursued on the trial in regard to
the manner of empannelling the jury was cor
rect and in accordance with the law. The state
is not called upon to tender the defendants
second panel before the defendants tender it
back four. We cannot see That the remarks Of
the states attorney in the argument to the jury
We're marked by any such improprieties as re-
qu1re reversal Of the Judgment. In their
some other points Of minor Importance which
are not noticed. As to these it is sufficient to
say that we have considered and do not regard
them well taken. The Judgment of the criminal
court OF Cook county is affirmed.
Herr Most Not to be . Citizen.
The application Of Johann Most to de-
clare his intention to become citizen at
New York was rejected by the chief clerk OF
the superior court. Most said he would APP